Gauhati HC Grants Bail to Mustafa Ali and Inamul Hussain in NDPS Case
Parties Involved
Mustafa Ali and Inamul Hussain
The State of Assam
AI Summary
The Gauhati High Court granted bail to Mustafa Ali and Inamul Hussain, who were arrested in connection with a narcotics case involving a large quantity of opium. The court found that the arrest was illegal due to non-compliance with mandatory provisions of the BNSS, 2023, specifically the failure to serve proper notices to the accused.
Order Text
Page No.# 1/8 vs The State Of Assam on 17 February, 2026 Page No.# 1/8 GAHC010030182026 2026:GAU-AS:2283 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./456/2026 MUSTAFA ALI AND ANR S/O ABDUL RASHID R/O UDIANA, BALAGAON, P.S. RANGIA DIST. KAMRUP, ASSAM 2: INAMUL HUSSAIN S/O LATE ALTAFUDDIN AHMED R/O UDIANA BALAGAON P.S. RANGIA DIST. KAMRUP ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A AHMED, MR A AHMED,U U KHAN,MR. M A CHOUDHURY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, Page No.# 2/8 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 17-02-2026 Heard Mr. A. Ahmed, learned counsel appearing for the accused applicant and Mr. K. K. Parasar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This is an application under Section 483 BNSS, 2023, has been filed by the accused applicants, namely, Mustafa Ali and Inamul Hussain , praying for grant of bail in connection with Rangia P.S. Case No. 278/2025, under Sections 17(c) / 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 3. The prosecution case is inter alia that one W.S.I. Jitumani Rabha of Rangia Police Station has lodged an FIR before Rangia P.S. alleging that they receipt a credible information that a huge consignment of narcotics (Opium) had been received from Manipur by some narcotics dealers, namely, Aitul Ali and his brother, Mamtul Ali @ Mantul Ali and the aforesaid narcotics had been stocked in their house; that ba...
